1.1.1 Beta v8

We are pleased to announce the 8th beta version of 1.1.1 stable release of vt.

Here is the list of issues and PRs that are included in this release:

• #476 allow migrations to same node by @jstrzebonski in #1729
• #879: objgroup: remove type bits from objgroup proxy by @lifflander in #1732
• #1423 remove maximimum ref-count check by @stmcgovern in #1712
• #1460 fix bug in temperedlb tolerance by @nlslatt in #1794
• #1484: fix memory footprint tests by @cz4rs in #1676
• #1495: fix Alpine build by @cz4rs in #1657
• #1513: fix "mallinfo is deprecated" warning by @cz4rs in #1798
• #1533: Fix typo in MPI access guard error message by @PhilMiller in #1686
• #1550 allow passing appconfig to vt during init by @jstrzebonski in #1674
• #1551 test references breaking when sending locally by @jstrzebonski in #1711
• #1660 Associate proxy with chain set to track automatically by @lifflander in #1664
• #1662: make objgroup send and broadcast return pendingsend by @nmm0 in #1666
• #1669: Move the duplicated setup code for LB stats into separate function by @JacobDomagala in #1675
• #1673 runInEpochRooted should by default use a DS epoch by @nlslatt in #1678
• #1677: dont rerun cmake for git ref by @nmm0 in #1683
• #1680: lb: only add to migration if its actually a migration by @lifflander in #1681
• #1685 Fix tracing issue by @lifflander in #1688
• #1687 encode RegistryTypeEnum in HandlerType bits by @jstrzebonski in #1694
• #1689 Add subphases to lb_iter example by @nlslatt in #1690
• #1691 build fails in the absence of libunwind by @stmcgovern in #1781
• #1692: do not error in build if git folder is not available by @nmm0 in #1693
• #1696 switch code coverage to -Og by @jstrzebonski in #1698
• #1699: Update .clang-format syntax by @cz4rs in #1700
• #1703 Provide better LB output for users by @lifflander in #1707
• #1704 Fix envelope locking error in envelope and add test by @lifflander in #1706
• #1708 Subdirectory creation for checkpointing fails on empty rank by @nlslatt in #1710
• #1709: add checkpoint test by @stmcgovern in #1743
• #1713: fix spurious warning in startup banner by @cz4rs in #1714
• #1716 rename lb stats files to data files by @stmcgovern in #1731
• #1717 LB: add .br extension for compressed data files by @lifflander in #1718
• #1721 Loosen assertions on unbounded collections by @lifflander in #1722
• #1723 Include user-defined fields in json LB data files by @nlslatt in #1728
• #1724 Use callbacks for reassignment post lb and statistics by @lifflander in #1725
• #1736: Fix tests defined in headers by @JacobDomagala in #1738
• #1737 establish gitlab pipeline by @lifflander in #1767
• #1740: upgrade MPICH version by @cz4rs in #1741
• #1742 add exception for vt directory before running git commands on Azure by @jstrzebonski in #1784
• #1745: add builds for newer versions of clang and gcc by @cz4rs in #1746
• #1747: change const pointer to pointer to const IndexT by @stmcgovern in #1750
• #1749 use std::numeric_limits::epsilon instead of DBL_EPSILON by @cz4rs in #1751
• #1755 Allow LB itself to call normalizeReassignments by @nlslatt in #1759
• #1756 Allow computing LB statistics from outside LBManager by @nlslatt in #1760
• #1757 Allow destroying an LB from outside the LBManager by @nlslatt in #1758
• #1761 workaround for mismatched subphase counts by @nlslatt in #1762
• #1765: use vt compilation flags for bundled libraries as well by @cz4rs in #1776
• #1768: CI: add test, try to fix clone error by @lifflander in #1769
• #1770: CI: change tag for CI dispatch by @lifflander in #1771
• #1772: CI: add option to disable RDMA tests by @lifflander in #1773
• #1774: CI: add proxy, switch back to https by @lifflander in #1775
• #1777: CI: move proxy exports to before build by @lifflander in #1778
• #1779: CI: actually add Intel 19, fix misleading name by @lifflander in #1780
• #1782: fix dangling pointer warning by @cz4rs in #1783
• #1786: condition link flag on library's presence by @stmcgovern in #1787
• #1788 migrate collection test failure due to ds epochs by @lifflander in #1789
• #1790: Use more recent gcc to avoid ICE from nvcc-generated code by @PhilMiller in #1791
• #1792: CI: submit as a job by @lifflander in #1793
• #1795: store message size in allocated memory block by @nmm0 in #1801
• #1796: CI: try to fix Vortex by @lifflander in #1797
• #1799: do not apply -ftemplate-backtrace-limit for older icpc versions by @cz4rs in #1800
• #1806 pure virtual call from unit tests by @nlslatt in #1811
• #1808: Add build for the latest icpc version by @cz4rs in #1809
• #1812 remove gitlab ci config file by @nlslatt in #1813
• #1814 Add parallelism option to build_cpp script by @nlslatt in #1815
• #1816 fix parallelism option in build_cpp script by @nlslatt in #1817
• #1818 Fix argument reversal in build_cpp script by @nlslatt in #1819
• #1820 Fix declaration hides member warnings by @nlslatt in #1821
• #1822: Upgrade CI docker image to Alpine 3.16 by @cz4rs in #1823
• #1826: Remove all occurrences of '#pragma sst FOO' by @PhilMiller in #1827
• #1828 rename alpine pipeline by @jstrzebonski in #1829
• #1832: Create 1.1.1 beta v8 release candidate by @cz4rs in #1833

Full Changelog: 1.1.1-beta.7...1.1.1-beta.8